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In Swedish, a word for what you eat to bridge the gap between meals (or while waiting for the main course to cook) is stödmacka. It means "support sandwich."

A similar word in Norwegian is ventepølse, or "waiting sausage."

An important question that @whenisbirths.bsky.social (or others) may be able to answer. Is Genesis's 1974 classic prog rock album, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, the first use of the phrase 'windscreen wiper' in any lyrics, or does anything pre-date this?

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Star trek strange new worlds has been bought by itvx for any uk fans who don't want to bother with paramount plus. Spread the word.

On the subject of Melvyn Bragg, I think of this Private Eye cartoon more frequently than I care to admit, when I’m struggling to raise the energy for a lecture or graduate supervision

A "no smoking" sign featuring a red circle-and-bar over a photograph of a pipe

Fucking wasps

Just been stung by my annual wasp

oh no missed most of it

wait is that on right now

Can't remember her at all, she's been entirely replaced in my mind by Arsehole Kate from Viz

I believe so

The side effects didn't matter when they were marketed to the womens but there was an outcry when the gymbros and jocks started uncontrollably shitting themselves.

They tried this with diet foods a while ago made with mirror fats that would be indigestible and indeed unnoticeable to the body and pass straight through. *Straight* through.

@andrewtoulon73.bsky.social

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Staying in an Airbnb in Lithuania. It's like ... well, it's like watching Lithuanian cartoons on late night channel 4 in 1993

Good morning! If something is unoriginal and reflects frequently shared opinions or ideas, it is clichéd, not “cliché”. And if something displays bias to a particular view, it is biased, not “bias”. You’re welcome

My primary memory of live aid is that you taped some of it and for months we'd watch a few minutes of it every day after school

YouTube video by Lalo Schifrin - Topic Bullitt (Main Title)

Lalo Schifrin, RIP.
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YouTube video by France Musique concerts Lalo Schifrin : Bullitt

Another great orchestral tribute to one of my favourite movie themes by the late Lalo Schifrin youtu.be/DQs7QS9dx0g?...

Thanks for that - I knew "big cats" meant something specific, but not precisely what, and I knew cat species throats meant they could either purr or roar, but not precisely why

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

Oh hello, I wondered if you'd turn up. And it's absolutely no surprise that it's here

My dad is probably the world authority on Antarctic lichen. After 50 years of study he wrote a book, in collaboration with a Norwegian scientist, which was a mistake since there's no other bugger on the planet who'd want to read it

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-king shit: your child when they get home from school

Both occasions? BOTH?! He read his favourite book TWICE? In, what, 40 years? Unthinkable

I remember that the team captain Jonathan something seemed to want to be there even less than the bemused poshos they'd roped in